COUNCIL ACROBATICS BUT LONDON HOTEL MAY STILL FALL
An old but ‘not heritage enough’ pub in Port Melbourne faces an uncertain future, as authorities quibble over whether or not to protect it from redevelopment. The London Hotel was built in 1861, and has had many embellishments to produce
MASTERCHEF BRINGING HELLENIC HEAVEN TO MELBOURNE HOTEL
Renowned chef and TV personality George Calombaris will soon open Hellenic Hotel, extending his portfolio bringing authentic-but-modern Greek food to the southern capital. The Masterchef host and culinary celebrity first opened his ‘Hellenic Republic’ eatery experience in 2008 with business
MASSIVE VIOLENCE REDUCTION BODES WELL FOR NSW VENUES
The latest list of ‘violent venues’ shows incidents plummeting – again – with just one pub in Tier 1 restrictions, but still no sign of The Star. Liquor & Gaming NSW’s updated list released today shows seven licensed venues falling
CRAFT BEER HELPING CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Camperdown’s crafty gypsy brewers have raised over $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis NSW, largely through a Rose Kölsch brewed the Wayward way. Wayward Brewing recently launched its ‘Craft for a Cause’ program, aiming to “spread the word on giving back to
COWBOYS HELP YOUNG AUSSIES INTO PUB EMPLOYMENT
The North Queensland Cowboys’ Dream Believe Achieve hospitality program wrapped up today, with graduates trained and assisted into jobs in bars and pubs. On 5 April the Cowboys’ initiative kicked off, aiming to help 20 unemployed indigenous Australians to achieve
‘BREW & A’ BRINGS MORE THIRST-QUENCHING ANSWERS FOR CONSUMERS
Lion has released the next instalment of its ‘Beer the Beautiful Truth’ education campaign, with an expert panel answering questions in ‘Brew & A’. Beer the Beautiful Truth (BTBT) has sought to educate consumers around common misconceptions, such as the
CALLIGEROS GRABS REILLY’S TRINITY BAR
It’s all smiles at Surry Hills, as Peter Calligeros signs on the line for Ray Reilly’s Trinity Bar for $8.5 million. After a busy first half of the year that saw the Irishman both selling and buying, Reilly told PubTIC
ANTI-GAMING CRUSADERS BLAME VENUES FOR PROBLEMS
A Monash University report has highlighted the unfortunate bias so-called independent entities can show toward the gambling industries. In 2015, the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences’ Dr Charles Livingstone and Louise Francis released the Review of VCGLR decisions,
POLICE SEEK 2 MEN WHO BASHED HOTELIER AND SET HOTEL ON FIRE
[caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignright" width="330"] CCTV footage (see below) shows bandits dragging the hotel manager[/caption] Police are appealing to the public for information about two men that assaulted a hotel owner and set the building alight with people sleeping inside. Around
AUSTRALIA’S CAPITALS FARE WELL ON GLOBAL PUB SCALE
Deutsche Bank has released its fifth annual ‘Mapping the World’s Prices’ report, showing Melbourne and Sydney are right in the middle for the cost of a beer and meal at a pub. The report cites that Europe is “an expensive
